Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz of the Fox Lake, Illinois police department radioed that the was in pursuit of three suspects on Sept. 1, 2015. Then he was found dead.

At first it seemed like another cop-killing, like a wave of incidents across the United States.

But last week, officials revealed that Gliniewicz had killed himself. Why? Probably because his embezzlement, plot to commit murder and sexual harassment were about to be revealed.

In his Lovefraud article Sociopaths and suicide, Steve Becker, LCSW, says that when the game is over, some sociopaths would rather check out than face consequences. It looks like that’s what Gliniewicz did.

Would he be considered more of a psycho path due to his criminal behavior or sociopath? Also, do you think that everyone may have some traits of a sociopath? The self serving part, just to fulfill our own desires however ; with no intentions of hurting others?

November 7, 2015 9:29 pm

sawthelight

That profession draws a lot of narcissists and psychopaths to it. My X Psychopath was a police chief who used his position to lure women. He eventually lost that position but the police department kept it quiet as to why. That was the 2nd PD to force him to resign. How can he continue to get police work with that kind of record? Why do the PD’s keep it quiet as to why he had to leave? Why not fire him? Why keep giving him the chance to resign and go to another PD where he can use his power to hurt people?